Down and Out by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SQN11B0379AP. Down and Out by Ivan Berryman. In the evening of 18th of July 1941, Alex Thom took off in his No. 87 Sqn Hurricane to intercept an enemy aircraft, spotted off the Scilly Isles. Attacking the enemy Heinkel He111 at an altitude of 1000 feet, his windscreen became covered in oil from the damaged machine. His wingman F O Roscoe then also made an attack on the Heinkel, and it descended to sea level, eventually crash landing on the surface. Thom
Polish Winged Lancers - Battle of Vienna
With a dramatic final gesture
and eleven
was one of the largest fighter aircraft to see service during WW II
unlike those on the fuselage sides
In order to draw Pope's army into battle
5 inches (32cm x 19cm)
HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line
Way Ahead of its Time by Stan Stokes
Flying with Kampfeindecker Halbabteilung
Among those encircled in the pocket were the men and guns of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 301
Union Artillery at the Battle of Malvern Hill